Some examples of this were the Fugitive Slave Act, Preston Brooks's attack on Charles Sumner, and the Dred Scott decision (the part of it which said that African Americans could never be citizens). None of these events tangibly hurt the North or the South.
Well they tried to build more jobs to put people into business but they ended getting layed off because they couldnt afford to pay for their workers and they failed because more and more people lost there jobs
Each take on one task for the President so that he does not have to overload himself with work.